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.B. A. MANRING 8: R. E. GIBBON'S.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 334,596. Patented Jan; 19, 1886.

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' NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. V

BROFFORD A. MANRING AND ROBERT E. GIBBONS, OF GUNNISON, ASSIGNORS orONE-THIRD TO WILLIAM WIGLESWORTH, or TELLURIDE, eoLo.

WASHING- SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,596, datedJanuary 19, 1886.

Application filed March 14,1885. Serial No. 158,857. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, BROFFORD A. MAN- RING and ROBERT E. GIBBONS,citizens of the United States, residing at Gunnison, in the 5 county ofGunnison'and State of Colorado,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vashing-Machines;and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as IO will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this I 5 specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is avertical transverse section. Figs. 3, 4E. and 5 are details.

This invention has relation to washing-ma- 2o chines; and it consists inthe construction and novel arrangement of devices, all as hereinafterset forth,and pointed out in the appended claims. I

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the washing box ortub, and B is a perforated bottom board, which is placed therein uponthe bottom 0 of the tub.

D indicates the stationary part of the top, to which is secured theinner supgoraE. The

outer or main support, F,is secured to the side of the box, andtransverse bars G connect the upper ends of these supports.

The air-conipressing plunger H consists of a fiat body, to the underside of which are se 5 cured the truncated cones I, which are openbelow, and are designed when the plunger is reciprocated to act upon theclothes in the tub. The stem of the plunger, as indicated at J, issquare or prismatic in that portion which slides through the centralsquared or prismatic bearing, a, of the ratchet K, whichis pivoted onthe top of the middle section, L, of the top. This section is removable,being when in position secured by buttons b underneath 5 engaging theside walls of the tub.

M is the front section of the lid, which is fully removable for theintroduction into the tub of the water and the clothes to be washed.

The stem J of the plunger is in its upper portion cylindricahasindicated at c, this portion turning freely in the rack-bearing N, andbeing provided with aspring or springs, which engage said rack-bearingand serve to give a yielding character to the plunger, whereby it isenabled to accommodate itself to the inequalities in thickness of themass in the tub being operated upon.

P is the main driving-shaft, having a crank,

d, and a bevel-gear, e, which carries a wristpin, f, and is connected bya pitman, g, to the lever h, above pivoted to the support F. To thehorizontal bars G is pivoted a second lever, 70, which extends forwardparallel to the lever h, and bot-h levers are at their front endspivoted to the shank Z of the hanger m, to which the rack-bearing N isconnected by a detachable fastening or clasp, at, having a short baradapted to engage one of the teeth of the rack, according to adjustment.

When the adjustment is to be changed, the 0 fastening or clasp isopened, and the rackbearing is raised or lowered, as the case may be,after which the fastening is again secured thereto. By the operation ofthe shaft P the hanger is moved'up and down in parallel po- 7 sition, ornearly so, and the stem of the plunger travels in the vertical line. Atthe same time this stem is designed to turn in the rack bearing, and forthis purpose a pawl, R, extending from a spring-arm, S, is arranged in8Q engagement with the ratchet K, and is designed to operate the latter.The intermittent motion is given by a cam, V, on the back of thebevel-wheel e,which engages the springarm, and at each rotation of saidbevel-wheel moves the pawl forward, receding by the operation of thespring.

T represents the shaft of the fly-wheel W, having a bevel-Wheel, Z,whereby it engages the bevel-wheel e of the main driving-shaft.

The construction of the parts of this machine is designed to give it avery steady movement and to enable it to be operated with facility.

Having described this invention, what we claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. In a washing-machine, the combination, with the driving-shaft and itswheel having a cam, of the pawl and spring-arm, the pitman and upperlevers carrying the hanger, the rackbearing, the ratchet, and thepounder-shaft, substantially as specified.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination,

j and its beve1-wheel,0perating the upper levers with a ratchet having aprismatic bearing, of the prismatic, plunger passing through the sameand having its upper portion cylindrical and turning in an adjustableverticallyreciprocating rack-bearing, and means,'substanti'ally asspecified, for operating the same.

3. In a washing-machine, the driving-shaft fly-shaft having a bevelwheel engaging the bevel-wheel of the driving-shaft, substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures 15 in presence of twowitnesses.

BROFFORD A. MANRING. ROBERT E. GIBBONS.

t0 reciproeate'the plunger, and having a cam \Vitnesses: 10 on its back,in combination with the said FRED S.-LEONARD,

plunger, the spring-arm and paw], and the \V. B. OWEN.

